Former US vice president Dick Cheney had a heart transplant on Saturday, scotching long-time rumors that he didn't actually have a heart.

Doctors at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia declared the heart transplant a success, while experts denied the vice president for George W. Bush had used to influence to jump the queue for a new heart.

A statement said the Cheney family do not know the donor of Dick's new heart, but that they were "forever grateful."

Social media was ablaze with commentary and jokes at Cheney's expense.

Some saying he didn't deserve a heart, others saying they thought he didn't have one, and others even hoping Dick Cheney's new heart would reject its host.

Many people will now be wondering what happened to Dick Cheney's old heart...

This is not my normal political satire. This is the truth. For real. FOX NEWS KILLED MY MOTHER — For about 20% of Americans, many of them older and/or uneducated, Fox News is the main source of information. But rest assured Fox is not about news any more than it's fair and balanced. FOX is the main propaganda arm for the Republican Party and America's plutocrats. It is THE worst of the corporate owned media. FOX's founder, Roger Ailes, was the top media consultant to the last four Republican presidents. No way was he going to create a fair or balanced news media. FOX News is killing America one lie at a time, one life at a time. I know this personally. FOX News killed my precious mother, Hallie. She watched FOX religiously. And when she fell ten days before she died, she refused to go to the doctor because, "I don't want Obamacare to get all of my information! she declared, recalling the warnings from FOX News "anchors." She was emphatic. She was not going to consort with the muslim enemy. As she made out her will she told her lawyer, "I don't want any of my money going to the Muslim Brotherhood!" And her last protestation dealt with "Obama's death panels." Mother died just days later. I hold FOX News responsible for my mother's death.

We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.

Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.

Andrew recently wrote a new conclusion to his book, Righteous Indignation:

I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and—famously—I enjoy making enemies.

Three years ago, I was mostly a behind-the-scenes guy who linked to stuff on a very popular website. I always wondered what it would be like to enter the public realm to fight for what I believe in. I’ve lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I’ve gained hundreds, thousands—who knows?—of allies. At the end of the day, I can look at myself in the mirror, and I sleep very well at night.

It is now showing up on other sites, such as CBS news, and I have to go off to work. It looks like they are citing his website, so ... ???

UPDATE - It turned out to be true. It was politically incorrect to talk about it but .. karma. There is the horrific comment Breitbart made upon the death of Ted Kennedy. Predictably, there are now conservative conspiracy theories going on (see link):

It's like Italy, where Berlusconi practically owned the media! & the richest guy in Mexico (and the world) owns practically all the telecom for the entire country. Oh, and we can't forget Rupert Murdoch, who controls much of the spew for the English-speaking world (& moving into S. America & Asia.) Tie up the media & propagandize your way in (as well as buy your way in.)

So . Bain Capital owns CLEAR CHANNEL!

Former Politico.com reporter Ben Smith, now the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, called out Rush Limbaugh on Thursday for defending Romney and Bain Capital without disclosing that his employer is owned by the candidate’s firm. “Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh has emerged as a key defender of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital, where — his Republican and Democratic critics charge — layoffs at companies Bain owned should be blamed on Romney,” noted Smith. “But Limbaugh hasn’t mentioned his own tie to the venture capital firm: Bain owns Clear Channel Communications, whose subsidiary inked a $400 million, eight-year syndication deal with Limbaugh in 2008.”